Where does “Pentland” come from?

Pentland (English) comes from Middle English land, from Old English hland, from Proto-Germanic hlandą, from Proto-Indo-European klān- — liquid, wet ground.

Ancestry of “Pentland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishlandAlternative form of lond; urine
2Old Englishhlandurine
3Proto-Germanichlandąurine
4Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground

Words derived from “Pentland”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klān- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlandą →Every word from Old English hland →